Chapter 74

Chapter 74

But it was just for an instant. When Yueyue spoke, Wang Qinghe also returned to normal. He looked at his daughter, as gentle as usual: "What's wrong, Yueyue?"

Yueyue shook her head and reached out toward Bai Xiuxiu: "I want Mommy to hold me."

She seemed to have been frightened by Wang Qinghe.

Bai Xiuxiu took the child into her arms: "Okay, Mommy will hold you."

Wang Qinghe kept his head down, his mood still off all the way home.

When they arrived, no one had gone inside; everyone was in the courtyard, curiously looking outside. Seeing Bai Xiuxiu and Wang Qinghe return, Zhao Cuihua looked a bit disappointed.

"Big Sister, did you see our mom? I heard they fell into the manure pit of our team? Did the team leader make us pay this time?" Zhao Cuihua circled around Bai Xiuxiu, very concerned.

Thinking about the money from last time still made her heart ache.

It was ten whole yuan.

Seeing Zhao Cuihua's anxious face, Bai Xiuxiu told her what had happened.

"As long as we don't have to pay, that's good. Imagine if we had to pay again. What were they thinking, talking near the manure pile?" Zhao Cuihua was thoroughly disgusted.

Before she could say much more, Zhao Guifen and Zhou Jiaojiao also returned.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, the smell filled the air.

Wang Shoucheng, who had been sitting on a bench waiting for them, wanted to run away first.

Seeing his wife covered in manure, he felt extremely repulsed.

But today was definitely not a small matter, so he couldn't show it.

How could Old Fifth and his wife both fall into the manure pile?

"Finally home! Liu Xiaoe, hurry up and heat some water. Third Daughter-in-law, find my clothes quickly," Zhao Guifen said as soon as she entered the courtyard.

She had been holding back her anger all the way home.

She called out again! Zhao Cuihua pouted and went to fetch her clothes.

Liu Xiaoe was already cooking in the kitchen. Hearing her mother-in-law call her to heat water, she didn't dare to refuse.

"What happened to the three of you? How did you all end up in the manure pile?" Wang Shoucheng looked at his wife and couldn't hold back any longer.

At the mention of this, Zhao Guifen got angry: "I want to ask the same thing! The team leader called me to shovel manure, which was bad enough. These two unlucky ones came back from the city, and I don't know what got into them. They rushed over to the manure pile and started yelling at me.

Old Fifth even pushed me.

That's how I fell into the manure pile. I tried to grab him to pull myself up, but this useless thing fell in with me, dragging his wife down too.

Now we need to spend three times the money on medical bills!"

"Mom, how can you even talk about this?" Wang Qingqi was even angrier than Zhao Guifen.

He was so furious he wanted to jump on Zhao Guifen's head.

"My wife said that we had connected with someone at the food factory in the city, hoping to find out if there were any job opportunities for us. It would be good to have another option.

This morning, we went to follow up on this lead, but when we got there, they said we had already approached them before.

Turns out, you had contacted them after being bitten by a snake last time.

You asked them to help Second Brother, and they said they would let you know if there was any news. Was this your doing?"

Wang Qingqi glared fiercely.

"Is that true?" Wang Shoucheng was stunned. When did his wife do such a foolish thing?

Hadn't he said before that the person who hit her with the bike could provide other benefits later? Both sons were important, so who should get the better connection?

Besides, wasn't their nephew handling the job issue?

Zhao Guifen felt a bit guilty.

On that day, she was in excruciating pain and happened to bump into the person at the hospital.

In her daze, Second Son talked to the person, and they mentioned the job opportunity.

Second Son initiated it, and she followed along.

She thought Old Fifth's wife might have forgotten, but apparently, she remembered.

Feeling guilty, Zhao Guifen still argued: "So what? When I went to the hospital, Second Son ran around for me and happened to meet the person. I figured whoever got the chance should take it. Maybe it would work out?

You two pushed me into the manure pile just because of this?

Isn't your uncle almost getting you a job? This person from the food factory didn't promise anything. There's no guarantee yet, so why are you making such a fuss?"

"Mom, we wanted to build a long-term connection for a good job. You're wasting it. You don't understand and just ruin things." Zhou Jiaojiao felt wronged; this was her good fortune.

"Enough, stop arguing. We haven't received any news about the jobs yet. You're fighting among yourselves. If there is a job, whoever is more suitable can take it, or you can draw lots." Wang Shoucheng frowned, trying to mediate.

Both sons were his favorites, so he couldn't really blame either one.

"Anyone who doesn't know better would think that only Old Second and Old Fifth are part of the Wang family." Bai Xiuxiu spoke up after watching the commotion for a while.

When she spoke, both Wang Laosan and Wang Laosi felt uncomfortable.

Their parents were being too partial.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, do you want to make things even more chaotic at home? Eldest son, do you want to watch this family fall apart?" Wang Shoucheng wished he could kick out his eldest daughter-in-law right away.

Wang Qinghe didn't even frown, looking at Wang Shoucheng: "Father, what you've done is your own fault. What does it have to do with Xiuxiu?"

Wang Shoucheng was immediately speechless. He wished the eldest son were mute.

"Let's go back inside." Seeing that they might start another argument, Bai Xiuxiu decided to return to the room to watch from the window.

Standing outside was tiring.

Back in the room, Bai Xiuxiu watched Wang Qinghe take off the children's shoes and asked about what had just happened: "You scared Yueyue earlier."

She had a rough idea of the reason.

Wang Qinghe didn't hide anything from her. After putting the children on the bed, he explained honestly: "I used to dream about you being pushed into the water. Today, when I saw the back of Old Fifth's sister-in-law, it looked exactly the same.

Xiuxiu, stay away from her."

Seeing his concern, Bai Xiuxiu was deeply moved. Perhaps Wang Qinghe's dreams were due to her rebirth's butterfly effect?

This person always seemed to put her well-being first, no matter what.

"Don't worry. I don't get along with Zhou Jiaojiao, so there's no way I'll approach her family. Don't worry; I'll be fine." Bai Xiuxiu reassured him repeatedly, then pulled him onto the bed to watch the commotion outside.

She also took some snacks from the box and distributed them among the two children and Wang Qinghe.

Wang Qinghe ate the peach cookies, feeling a bit happier. He wished the woman who pushed Xiuxiu into the water in his dream would die a thousand deaths. Now that he had found her—Old Fifth's wife and her family...

He heard she had two brothers in the city?

Since they weren't familiar with Xiuxiu, their actions against her were probably because of Old Fifth's wife.

None of them would have an easy time.